Archived television specials of: Imagine . . . A Celebration of Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Air Date: June 16, 2007
Hosts
"Eyewitness News" anchor Kathy Vara and television actress Sarah Jane Morris ("Bothers& Sisters," "Ed" and "Boston Legal")
Hospital Areas Highlighted
The Retina Institute (length: 18:24)
Meet Drs. Thomas Lee and A. Linn Murphree, and their colleagues, who care for children with serious conditions of the eye's most delicate and critical component - the retina. They are among the world's best in "...fighting..." terrifying conditions, like Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and one of the most aggressive cancers, Retinoblastima.
The Bone Marrow Transplant Program (length: 16:34)
Meet Drs. Gay Crooks, Neena Kapoor and Don Kohn, and their colleagues, who offer children and their families experience and leadership in the diagnosis and treatment of children with leukemia and other malignancies, aplastic anemia and other marrow failure states, as well as complex genetic diseases, including immunodeficiencies, like Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).
The High School Summer Research Internship Program (length: 09:22)
Meet high school students who have benefited from a new, six-week, summer internship program at The Saban Research institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles that has been established for disadvantaged minority high school students from the inner city, who may not normally attract the attention they ultimately deserve. The program is under the direction of Dr. Emil Bogenmann.
Nursing (length: 07:11)
Meet Velma Leon Guerrero, RN, BSN, who came to California for nursing school, leaving her family on the Pacific island of Guam. From the moment she walked through the doors, Children's Hospital Los Angeles felt like a second home.
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007
Hosts
“Eyewitness News” anchor Michelle Tuzee and award-winning actress Jacqueline Obradors (“NYPD Blue”)
Hospital Areas Highlighted
Medical Genetics (length: 22:23)
Meet the Clitheroe family that desperately seeks a diagnosis for their daughter, Leighanne, who suffers from serious headaches and vomiting; and the Dease family, whose two children have been born with an inherited condition that left untreated will almost certainly result in severe mental retardation.
Neonatal Intensive Care (length: 12:29)
Neonatal Intensive Care : Meet the Haney family, whose newborn, MacKenzie, has been diagnosed with a life-threatening prenatal condition.
The Neoscience Program (length: 07:23)
Meet Dr. Richard Simerly, the director of the new Neuroscience Program at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, whose work studies the intricacies of the human brain.
Nursing (length: 07:38)
Meet Maria Velasco, RN, BSN, COPN, one of the nurses who deliver the very special care in the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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